The Amazing Guacamole

Do yourself a favour, and this SuperBowl, make yourself a quick and easy Guacamole.
This is another of my home-made recipes I think you'll enjoy. This dish needs to eb prepared fresh. Guacamole turns brown if left out too long.

You'll Need:
2 Medium sized ripe** Avacados (Haas)
1 Medium onion (diced)
1 Small - Medium tomatoes diced (or 6 cherry tomato diced)
2 teaspoon of freshly ground cumin seed
1 table spoon of fresh squeezed lime juice
1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder (can be substituted for 1/2 clove of crushed garlic)
1 teaspoon of coarse salt
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
Fresh Jalapenos or crushed chilies to taste
--Bonus-- finely diced crispy bacon pieces (optional)


Halve the Avocados, and cut into 1" chunks. Place the avocado into a mixing bowl. Add the spices and salt to the avocado, and blend. Don't over-blend. You want to leave the mixture chunky. Add the diced onions, diced tomato, jalapeno, chilies,and lime juice and blend once again (If you're adding bacon, now is the time to do it).

Move the mixture to a serving bowl, and serve with multigrain tortilla chips.

Avocados should be bought ripe the day you make the mixture. A ripe avocado should have a black rind, and should be firm, yet give when squeezed in your palm. Avocados that are overripe, will share the same colour as a ripe avocado, but will give more easily when squeezed. If you plan to buy your avocados in advance, buy unripened avocados. Unripened avocados have a greener/lighter flesh, and don't yield when squeezed. Avocados ripen very fast, so be sure to buy them only when you plan to use them.

Wasabi Tuna Recipe

I thought I'd throw down a recipe I came up with. As some of you may know, I really love to grill. This recipe I came up makes use of the grill.

You'll need:

4 Tbs - Teriyaki sauce (Kikkoman is my fav)
2 Tbs - Soy Sauce (Kikkoman once again)
2 cubes - Crushed Frozen ginger
3/4 Tsp - prepared Wasabi
1 Tsp - Sesame oil
2 - Tuna Steaks (Thawed if bought frozen)
1/2 Tsp - Coarse crushed pepper
4 Tbs - Sesame seeds

Preparation Instructions:

1. Combine the Teriyaki sauce, Soy sauce, Ginger, Wasabi, Sesame oil, and pepper in a shallow marinating bowl.
2. Let the ingredients to set and mingle for 5 minutes.
3. Preheat the Grill to Medium-High heat.
   
4. Place the Tuna steaks in to the marinade, flip after 2 minutes of marinading. The Tuna absorbs flavor really quickly so you don't have to marinade for very long.
   
5. Once you've marinated the steaks, and the grill is at the proper temperature, coat the steaks in Sesame seeds.
6. Place the steaks on the grill at 4 minutes per side (medium cooked steaks).
   
7. Flip the steaks only once, being sure not to lose too many sesame seeds.

This recipe works well pan seared with other fish. I've tried it with tilapia and Mahi Mahi.